Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-04
M'GLYNN'S DEFENSE.
HENRY GEORGES PAPER PUBLISHES SIX
COLUMN REPLY


New YORK, February 3.-The forth
coming issue of the Standard, Henry
Georges new paper, will contain the reply
Of Rev. Dr. McGlynn, the deposed priest
of ST. Stephens Church. DR.. McGlynn's
reply fills six columns of the Standard. He
begins: ''The letter of August, 1882, from
Cardinal Simeoni, to which Archbishop
Corrigan refers, am not not able TO find,
but il is true, as he states, that this letter
complained of my Land League speeches
"a containing propositions openly contrary
to the teaching Of the Catholic Church
The doctrines, thus stigmatized were those
have held and taught before and since
namely, that all men are equally entitled
TO the use Of the general bounties of na-
ture, including land, rs well Is sunlight,
air and water, aud that human laws ought
TO be 80 changed rs 10 conform 10 this die
tate Of natural justice. | affirm that
while acknowledging the right of exclusive
ownership in all that is produced by human
Wouu ti"t WIN
pei those who enjoy exclusively larger
portion Of the hounties of nature 10
PAY To THE COMMUNITY Az EQUIVALENT
in the way Of taxation Ia the full amount
Of the rental value. II is also absolutely
false, although stated by Archbishop Cor
rigan, on the authority of Cardinal Nc
Clo>key, that 'recognized NV errors aud
profrssed TO he sorry for them On the
contrary, in my interview with Cardinal
McCloskey reatlirmed the doctrine and
explained il and defended il from misun-
derstanding and misapprchension. told
him substantially that ! knew my
theology well enough not 10 sin
against il ignorantly, and that
loved my religion too we'll 10 SIN against
il willully. voluntarily promised 10
abstain from making Land League speeches
not because acknowledged the right al
any one 10 forbid me, but because knew
too well
THE rowER OF NY ECCLESIASTICAL ST.
rERIoRs
To impair, and almost destroy my useful
mesa in the ministry of Christ's Church, to
which had consecrated my life
Dr. Mctilynn then gives at length two
letters from the Propaganda, one under
date of September H., lss2, directing the
suspension or disciplining oi DIR. MriiyLn
for Land League speeches; the other under
date of May ~, lsS3, calling attention Ia
the fact that though Mct;lynn had mod
ilied his tone, he was still in favor Of
Irish Revolution; and one from
Vicar General Quin Ia McGlynn
dated May 81, conveying a request that he
should not attend a certain Land League
meeting This meeting McGlynn states
was to be addressed lay Aleck sullivan.
the newly elected League President.
McGlynn asserts that he had not k-
pressed an intention of attending IL. and
that Othet priests Aere similarly warned.
In reply To th. complaint irpm Rome oi
May lss3, Mailynn wroir
To CARDINAL M'cIoskEy:
IL regret very much that the Cardinal
Prcfecl has found q new cause for displeas.
urc in a report in some Boston Journals
The meeting must have been that held In
tins city on February last, which WAS not
Land League merting such ~ ] had vol.
unierily promised you not Ia attend. but
was for the relief OF people suffering from
famine in Ireland and was held by a union of
Irish county societies, under the name OF
the Irish Confederation Of America. ]
find in a journal an account Of the sending
OF the money raisrd at that meeting with
letter of Bishop Nulty's, showing how IL
was used tO relieve distress IN Ireland
enclose this article and beg Of you to con.
slider il part of this letter. In speaking
lor the rcliI 0i distress ! alluded Ia the
injustice which is the cause of il aud urged
the duty of rcdressing such injustice. Ia
this thought WAS but iavoring that de-
maUd for
JUSTICE 10 IRELAND
which was made by O'Connell and the
Bishops and Priests Of Ireland and By
many Of our own, especially Archbishop
Hughes, and which has, think. y
common place in the ~. rairck's Day
sermons. ! shall benceiorth refuse Ia taks
part in any such meeting even though H.
be for charitable objects"